One man has been airlifted to hospital after being cut free by firefighters following a crash involving a lorry and two cars on the A4 Portway.

The man, who has not been named, was flown to Southmead Hospital with chest injuries after the crash, which happened at around 11.40am.

The crash happened at the junction of the Portway with Portview Road, at the first entrance to Avonmouth Village, as the A4 emerges from underneath the M5 flyover in Shirehampton.

All three emergency services were called to the scene, and police closed the northbound side of the dual carriageway at that point.

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Firefighters from Avonmouth, Temple, Southmead and Bedminster were in attendance dealing with the incident, and had to rescue one male driver from his vehicle, a spokesperson for Avon Fire Brigade said.

A spokesperson for South West Ambulance Trust said land ambulances and the air ambulance attended the scene.